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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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